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I. B. TUCKER.

ROLLER HINGE FOR GATES.

Patented Deg 'ZZ, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries,

ROLLER-HlNGE FOR GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333.033, dated December 22, 1885. Application filed August 10, 1885. Serial No. 174,078. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA B. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanford, in the county of Tulare and State of California,

have inveuted'certain new and useful Improvementsin Roller-Hinges for Gates, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in improvements in the construction of roller-hinges for gates, as will be hereinafter fully'descrihed and claimed.

Figure 1 is a View in elevation, showing the application of my device; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details showingthe construction thereof. Similar letters denote like parts.

A is agate. Bis the gate-post against which it is secured. G D are posts' between which the gate is mounted. Eand F are cross-pieces secured between the posts 0 and D in posi- 2o tions about equidistant from the top rail of the gate. Between these supports ispivotally supported the roller-hinge G, through which passes the top rail, II, of the gate. The gate, being supported by its said top rail resting 5 of being moved longitudinally away. from the post B when only a small opening is desired; but when it is necessary to open the gateway to its fullest extent, the gate is pushed back- 0 ward until it is about balanced upon its pivoted support, when it can be readily swung sidewise and entirely out of the way. I

I am aware that the above-described method of operating gates is not new, my invention 3 5 relating to the roller-hinge,which is designed to be constructed of cast metal, and is formed of two portions, a 12, each of which is provided With an end portion having a pivot-pin, d, a shoulder, e, and a lug, h, fitting into a socket in the opposing end portion, and all formed integral therewith.

The side pieces just described are all exactly alike, so that when two are put together they form a rectangular frame, within which 5 is mounted a roller or sheave, f, of suitable upon the roller of the pivot-hinge, is capable v .size. This roller is held in position by abolt,

g, which, when inserted, constitutes the axle for the roller f and serves to unite all the parts. Suitable apertures, J J, to receive the axlebolt 9 should be cast -in each piece, so

that in whichever position a piece may be placed no other labor will be necessary in assembling the device than that of putting the several portions together and inserting the axle-bolt.

The facility with which my hinge can be taken apart and put together renders it an exceedingly simple matter to apply it to any gate and to make repairs, and, having been placed in position upon the rail which it is to 6c support, it is pivotally secured between the cross-pieces E and F in the well known manner.

Various obvious changes and modifications may be made in the shape and description of 6 5 the parts of my device without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A roller-hinge consisting of two similar 7c combined side and end portions, each portion formed with a pivotpiu and a lug, h, cast integral, and an aperture to receive the lug of the opposite portion, a suitable roller, and an axle-bolt, substantially as shown and de- 75 scribed.

2. A roller'hinge consisting of two similar combined side and end portions, each portion formed with a pivot-pin, d, a lug, h, and a shoulder, e, all cast integral, and an aperture 8( to receive the lug of the opposite portion, a suitable roller, and an axle-bolt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my Sig-- nature in presence of two witnesses.

IRA B. TUCKER.

Witnesses H. A. PIERCE, JUL. THORNBURY. 

